Passengers on a diverted AirAsia flight have finally taken off for their destination, after turbulence, a diversion and grounding in Melbourne left many unwell. AirAsia X flight 223 was diverted to Melbourne after its departure from Sydney at lunchtime and was left sitting on the tarmac as engineers carried out technical inspections to determine the…
For most of us, the sight of blue lights and yellow lines outside an airplane’s window is the cue to turn our phones back on. For pilots, it’s more like a secret language—a language that is vitally important to safety and, increasingly, embedded with emerging technology. Link
Red Flag training events at Nellis AFB. Love the Afterburner videos! Link
Current pilots should find the tiltrotor aircraft “easy to fly”, according to test pilots Link
The V-22 Osprey has dominated the rotary wing, vertical take-off market for years, but its only available to the military. Now, AgustaWestland is on pace to begin production of the AW609, the first civilian tilt-rotor, at its plant in Philadelphia while moving most of the flight test activity from Italy to the U.S. Link
The new AirAsia X franchise in Indonesia has gained permission to operate to Australia, with safety regulators granting clearance more than two months after services were scheduled to begin. The Bali-Melbourne route was supposed to launch Dec. 26, as Indonesia AirAsia X’s (IAAX) inaugural flight. Link
One of New Zealand’s greatest aviation debates will be rekindled at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015 as it has been confirmed that a reproduction of Richard Pearse’s aeroplane will be one of those featured. Link
Look to the skies above London and you’ll see the usual suspects — rainclouds, planes and pigeons. But by the end of the year, you might just see something else. Link
The Space Shuttle Enterprise never flew in space. It was the first Space Shuttle built (completed on September 17, 1976), and was used only for aeronautical flight testing. The Enterprise arrived at Dryden in January 1977 for a flight program involving a Boeing 747 airliner that had been modified for use as a shuttle carrier…